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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
3
A compact roundup notes Lincoln’s Birthday celebrations in Springfield with Taft as guest and Clara Barton hosting. It mentions Sen Cullom defending Illinois integrity, Admiral Schley ill, Captain Scribner’s death, and various political and international items including Taft’s reciprocity advocacy, Chinese famine fears, Mexican Insurrection battles, and fires and accidents across the U.S. and abroad.
City Attorney Frank W. Jones and Peter Sanidas a Danville Greek merchant were indicted for perjury. The Vermilion grand jury reported 216 indictments with over 100 for vote selling withheld. Patrick Keeley, ex-detective in Chicago, convicted of perjury in a bribery case. Engineers report on an eight foot waterway to the Mississippi, rejecting a 14 foot channel. Indiana Senate passes a law to require every qualified citizen to vote in elections. William H. Murray arrested near Carthage Mo for counterfeiting. Aviators Noel and Delatorre killed in Douai trial flight. Fire at Standard Oil plant Point Richmond destroys 500,000 gallons of oil. Glenbank wreck off Cossack leaves 19 dead. Montana House kills woman suffrage bill. Henry Stevens, cattle breeder, dies in Sandy Creek N Y. Lord Decies and Miss Vivien Gould wed in New York City.
The excerpt notes Hawthorne described vividly by McCarthy in reminiscences and quotes a Polly line about a young man choosing between angering a girl or not. It also reports on Japan’s cold storage method using snow mounds with straw in Te Kata, a rural northwest practice for summer food preservation.
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